Cornelius walsh



coRNELIUs WALSH, or

Letters Patent No. 97,572,

NEWARK, N-Ew JERSEY.

dated .DecembeeA 7, 1869.

- YIMPRovmvrnn'r 1N TRUNK-Heers.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame I, CORNELIUS WALSH, oi` Newark, in the county of Essex, and Stateof New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inTrunk-Hasps; and do hereby describe the same.

Nature and Objectsof` the Invention.

- My improved hasp is of the class in which the staple is thrown andheld clear of thelock, when released,

to facilitate opening the trunk, when unlocked, and to prevent the haspfrom striking the trunk in closing.

My invention relates to the simplication .and cheapening of themanufacture, and the provision of a spring, capable of being readilyrenewed, when, from wear, it may become inoperative.

The invention consists in the adaptation of the parts of the haspfor thereception of' a rubber cushion, as the spring, and the 'provision ofsuch cushion.

The invention further consists in the provision of a -bent lip on thecap-plate, which, engaging with the lprojection'of the leaf, preventsthe latter being raised too f a'r, as hereinafter. described.4 i

Descr/option of Drawmgs.

In the accompanying drawingsi Figure 1 represents a .perspectiveunder-side view of my improved hasp, detached, and

Figure 2, a' longitudinal section oftheV same.

In iig. 1, a cap-plate, employed to `cover and support the cushion, isrepresented as partly broken away, to expose the cushion. In fg.'2, theposition of the haspproper in the locked condition ofthe trunk isrepresented iu dotted lines.

. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts inthe two figures.

General Description'.

The hasp is composed of a face-plate, a., and a leaf or hasp proper, b,hinged together by a pintle, c, traversing intermeshing' lugs on each,and respectively provided with holes (l, for the reception ofattachingscrews or tacks, and with a staple, e, for the engagement ofthe lockfbolt, as is common.

The attaching-plate c is, however, further provided in its under sidewith a` cavity or recess, j, of requisite capacity, and any suitableform, -having an open side toward the leaf or hasp proper b, in whichcavity, before the attachment of the said'piate, a cushion, g, of

India rubber, or similar elastic substances, is introduced, beingconfined by a cap-plate, h, attached by screws 'i t', passingthrough andinto holes j, in the faeeplate.

For the engagement ofthe cushion g, the leaf' or hasp proper b isconstructed with a projection, k, at its nate it.

The 'cushion g is adapted to engage with the eccentric projection 7.:ofthe hasp proper, in its raised con dition, to support it, beingcompressed in forcing the Staplev into the lock, and acting by itsresiliency to again'raise the hasp on the staple being released.

renewal by removing the face-plate, and taking out the screws z'. It maybe make capable of adjustment 'by tightening said screws.

ably project from their face, the hasp proper b being supportedlaterally by the engagement of its roar end with a corresponding recess,l, in the contiguous edge of the face-plate a, in its closed condition.

m is a bent lip, provided onthe cap-plate h, which, engaging in a slot,1n', catches against a shoulder, shown in lig. 2, when the leat or haspproper is raised, thus prevent-ing the hasp from being. thrown back toofar, and allowing only so much backward movement ofthe same asisnecessary for opening the trunk. The form of the parts ct bis, ofcourse, ii'ariable. l

/ I do not claim, broadly, the use oa spring to throw up or out thelower portion of a.truuk-hasp; but

I do claim, as ne\vp l. The cushion g, coniined within a suitable socketin the upper part of the hasp, and bearing downward as set forth.

2. Thecombination, with the-face-plate a and hasp proper b, ofthe recessf, cap Il., screws tj, and projection k, formed and arranged asdescribed, for the reception of an elastic cushion, g, by which toelevate and support the hasp propen'when released, as set forth.

3. The bent lip m, catching against a shoulder on tion of the hasp, asdescribed;

CORNELIUS WALSH.

Witnesses:

THOMAS NUGENT, A. BLoMQvIs'r.

lower rear edge, forming a lever, through which to act- The cushion isreadily accessible for adjustment or The lugs for hinging the parts ahtogether, prefer- V against a shoulder, k, on the lower part,substantially the projection k, acting as astop, to .limit the eleva-

